Libya vs Sudan
Libya vs Sudan: Child mortality
Child mortality in 2024: 1 per 100 live births in Libya and 6.2 per 100 live births in Sudan, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Sudan, by 5.2 per 100 live births, or 6.29 times that in Libya.
deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME
What the numbers say
- Sudan has been higher since 1968, when it overtook Libya.
- The world as a whole: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024.
Every year
deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME
| Year | Libya | Sudan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 6.2 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 3.2 | 6.3 | 3.8 |
| 2022 | 1 | 5.1 | 4 |
| 2021 | 1.1 | 5.3 | 4 |
| 2020 | 1.1 | 5.4 | 3.9 |
| 2019 | 1.2 | 5.6 | 4 |
| 2018 | 1.2 | 5.8 | 4 |
| 2017 | 1.2 | 6 | 4.1 |
| 2016 | 1.3 | 6.2 | 4.2 |
| 2015 | 1.3 | 6.4 | 4.3 |
| 2014 | 1.4 | 6.5 | 4.4 |
| 2013 | 1.4 | 6.7 | 4.5 |
| 2012 | 1.5 | 6.9 | 4.7 |
| 2011 | 2 | 7.1 | 5 |
| 2010 | 1.7 | 7.3 | 5.1 |
| 2009 | 1.8 | 7.6 | 5.3 |
| 2008 | 1.9 | 7.8 | 5.5 |
| 2007 | 2 | 8 | 5.7 |
| 2006 | 2.2 | 8.3 | 6 |
| 2005 | 2.3 | 9.9 | 6.2 |
| 2004 | 2.4 | 10.1 | 6.6 |
| 2003 | 2.6 | 9.2 | 6.8 |
| 2002 | 2.7 | 9.5 | 7.1 |
| 2001 | 2.7 | 9.9 | 7.4 |
| 2000 | 2.8 | 10.2 | 7.7 |
| 1999 | 2.9 | 10.5 | 7.9 |
| 1998 | 3 | 14.8 | 8.3 |
| 1997 | 3.1 | 11.2 | 8.4 |
| 1996 | 3.2 | 11.5 | 8.6 |
| 1995 | 3.3 | 11.8 | 8.8 |
| 1994 | 3.5 | 12.1 | 8.9 |
| 1993 | 3.6 | 12.3 | 9.1 |
| 1992 | 3.8 | 12.6 | 9.2 |
| 1991 | 4 | 12.8 | 9.3 |
| 1990 | 4.2 | 13.1 | 9.4 |
| 1989 | 4.5 | 13.3 | 9.5 |
| 1988 | 4.7 | 29.7 | 10 |
| 1987 | 5 | 13.8 | 9.9 |
| 1986 | 5.2 | 13.9 | 10.3 |
| 1985 | 5.5 | 17.8 | 10.6 |
| 1984 | 5.8 | 18.1 | 10.9 |
| 1983 | 6.1 | 18.3 | 11.1 |
| 1982 | 6.5 | 14.5 | 11.2 |
| 1981 | 6.8 | 14.7 | 11.6 |
| 1980 | 7.2 | 14.8 | 11.9 |
| 1979 | 7.6 | 14.9 | 11.9 |
| 1978 | 8 | 15 | 12.3 |
| 1977 | 8.5 | 15.1 | 12.6 |
| 1976 | 9 | 15.3 | 12.8 |
| 1975 | 9.6 | 15.4 | 13.1 |
| 1974 | 10.2 | 15.5 | 13.3 |
| 1973 | 11 | 15.6 | 13.5 |
| 1972 | 11.8 | 15.7 | 13.7 |
| 1971 | 12.7 | 15.8 | 13.9 |
| 1970 | 13.7 | 15.9 | 14.2 |
| 1969 | 14.7 | 16 | 14.6 |
| 1968 | 15.9 | 16.1 | 15 |
| 1967 | 17.1 | 16.3 | 15.3 |
| 1966 | 18.4 | 16.5 | 15.1 |
| 1965 | 19.8 | 16.7 | 15.1 |
| 1964 | 21.2 | 16.9 | 15.7 |
| 1963 | 22.7 | 17.1 | 16.2 |
| 1962 | 24.3 | 17.4 | 17 |
| 1961 | 25.9 | 17.6 | 18.8 |
| 1960 | 27.7 | 17.9 | 20.2 |
| 1959 | 29.5 | 18.2 | 19.9 |
| 1958 | 31.5 | 18.5 | 19.7 |
| 1957 | 33.6 | 18.8 | 20.5 |
| 1956 | 35.9 | 19.1 | 21.3 |
| 1955 | – | 19.4 | 22.3 |
| 1954 | – | 19.7 | 22.8 |
| 1953 | – | 20 | 23.3 |
| 1952 | – | – | 23.9 |
| 1951 | – | – | 24.3 |
| 1950 | – | – | 24.7 |
| 1949 | – | – | 24.9 |
| 1948 | – | – | 24.9 |
| 1947 | – | – | 25.5 |
| 1946 | – | – | 25.8 |
| 1945 | – | – | 26.7 |
| 1944 | – | – | 27.4 |
| 1943 | – | – | 27.7 |
| 1942 | – | – | 27.9 |
| 1941 | – | – | 27.8 |
| 1940 | – | – | 27.9 |
| 1939 | – | – | 28 |
| 1938 | – | – | 28.7 |
| 1937 | – | – | 28.8 |
| 1936 | – | – | 29.1 |
| 1935 | – | – | 29.5 |
| 1934 | – | – | 30.7 |
| 1933 | – | – | 30.5 |
| 1932 | – | – | 30.7 |
| 1931 | – | – | 31.4 |
| 1930 | – | – | 31.6 |
| 1929 | – | – | 32 |
| 1928 | – | – | 31.9 |
| 1927 | – | – | 31.9 |
| 1926 | – | – | 32.7 |
| 1925 | – | – | 32.4 |
| 1924 | – | – | 33.1 |
| 1923 | – | – | 33.1 |
| 1922 | – | – | 33.2 |
| 1921 | – | – | 34.2 |
| 1920 | – | – | 34.4 |
| 1919 | – | – | 35.7 |
| 1918 | – | – | 37.6 |
| 1917 | – | – | 35.3 |
| 1916 | – | – | 35.1 |
| 1915 | – | – | 35.3 |
| 1914 | – | – | 35.4 |
| 1913 | – | – | 35.1 |
| 1912 | – | – | 35.5 |
| 1911 | – | – | 36 |
| 1910 | – | – | 36.4 |
| 1909 | – | – | 36.6 |
| 1908 | – | – | 37.2 |
| 1907 | – | – | 37.4 |
| 1906 | – | – | 38.1 |
| 1905 | – | – | 38.8 |
| 1904 | – | – | 38.9 |
| 1903 | – | – | 39.5 |
| 1902 | – | – | 40.1 |
| 1901 | – | – | 40.8 |
| 1900 | – | – | 40.9 |
| 1899 | – | – | 40.8 |
| 1898 | – | – | 41.2 |
| 1897 | – | – | 41 |
| 1896 | – | – | 41.1 |
| 1895 | – | – | 41.3 |
| 1894 | – | – | 41.2 |
| 1893 | – | – | 41.2 |
| 1892 | – | – | 41.7 |
| 1891 | – | – | 41.3 |
| 1890 | – | – | 41.5 |
| 1889 | – | – | 41.2 |
| 1888 | – | – | 41 |
| 1887 | – | – | 41.1 |
| 1886 | – | – | 41.1 |
| 1885 | – | – | 41.2 |
| 1884 | – | – | 41.1 |
| 1883 | – | – | 41.4 |
| 1882 | – | – | 41.5 |
| 1881 | – | – | 41.1 |
| 1880 | – | – | 41.6 |
| 1879 | – | – | 41.1 |
| 1878 | – | – | 41.6 |
| 1877 | – | – | 41.2 |
| 1876 | – | – | 41.4 |
| 1875 | – | – | 41.5 |
| 1874 | – | – | 41.7 |
| 1873 | – | – | 41.8 |
| 1872 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1871 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1870 | – | – | 41.9 |
| 1869 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1868 | – | – | 42.4 |
| 1867 | – | – | 42 |
| 1866 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1865 | – | – | 42.3 |
| 1864 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1863 | – | – | 42.5 |
| 1862 | – | – | 42.6 |
| 1861 | – | – | 42.9 |
| 1860 | – | – | 42.9 |
| 1859 | – | – | 43.7 |
| 1858 | – | – | 43.8 |
| 1857 | – | – | 44.2 |
| 1856 | – | – | 44.2 |
| 1855 | – | – | 44 |
| 1854 | – | – | 43.7 |
| 1853 | – | – | 43.2 |
| 1852 | – | – | 42.9 |
| 1851 | – | – | 42.4 |
| 1850 | – | – | 42 |
| 1849 | – | – | 42.3 |
| 1848 | – | – | 42.3 |
| 1847 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1846 | – | – | 42.4 |
| 1845 | – | – | 42 |
| 1844 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1843 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1842 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1841 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1840 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1839 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1838 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1837 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1836 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1835 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1834 | – | – | 42.3 |
| 1833 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1832 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1831 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1830 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1829 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1828 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1827 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1826 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1825 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1824 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1823 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1822 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1821 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1820 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1819 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1818 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1817 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1816 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1815 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1814 | – | – | 42.3 |
| 1813 | – | – | 42.3 |
| 1812 | – | – | 42.4 |
| 1811 | – | – | 42.4 |
| 1810 | – | – | 42.5 |
| 1809 | – | – | 42.5 |
| 1808 | – | – | 42.5 |
| 1807 | – | – | 42.5 |
| 1806 | – | – | 42.6 |
| 1805 | – | – | 42.6 |
| 1804 | – | – | 42.6 |
| 1803 | – | – | 42.6 |
| 1802 | – | – | 42.7 |
| 1801 | – | – | 42.7 |
| 1800 | – | – | 42.8 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of children who die before their fifth birthday.
- Source: Gapminder (2015) and UN IGME (2025), via Our World in Data.
- Ranks count the 200 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Libya vs Sudan
Health
People
- PopulationLibya: 7.31 million people in 2023Sudan: 50 million people in 2023
- Population growthLibya: 1.01% a year in 2023Sudan: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateLibya: 2.36 births per woman in 2023Sudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationLibya: 87.9% in 2025Sudan: 34.9% in 2025
- Median ageLibya: 27.2 years in 2023Sudan: 18.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overLibya: 4.9% in 2023Sudan: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateLibya: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Sudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingLibya: 3.57% of GDP in 2023Sudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021
- Military spending in US dollarsLibya: $1.6B in 2023Sudan: $2.77B in 2021
- Military spending per personLibya: $216 in 2023Sudan: $8 in 2021
- Military share of state spendingLibya: 5.5% of government spending in 2023Sudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021
- Armed forces personnelLibya: 0 people in 2020Sudan: 144,000 people in 2020
- National powerLibya: 0.08% of world capability in 2022Sudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersLibya: 0% of the labour force in 2020Sudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsLibya: 5 million TIV in 2024Sudan: 57 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsLibya: 0 TIV in 2016Sudan: 11 million TIV in 2013